Introit : Praise ye the Lord, ye children (Ps 113:1-4) — Christopher Tye (1500-1572) Preces and Responses*: Wlliam Smith of Durham (1603-1645) Psalm 23: Dominus regit me — Sir John Goss (1800-1880), The Lord is my shepherd; * therefore can I lack nothing. 2 He shall feed me in a green pasture, * and lead […]
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Choral Evensong with Reflection for the Commemoration of St Thomas Aquinas
Image above taken from the upper tier of a polyptych (multi-panelled altarpiece) painted by Carlo Crivelli in 1476 for the high altar of the church of San Domenico, in Ascoli Piceno in the Italian Marche, […]
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Address and Vigil service
The sisters of the Community of Grandchamp in Switzerland were invited by the World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity to produce the liturgical material for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity this year. The link below may be used to access the Audio of a webcast from the 2nd […]
Choral Evensong upon the occasion of the Feast of St Aelred of Rievaulx
Illumination from a manuscript of St Aelred’s Life of Edward the Confessor Showing St Aelred in monastic habit kneeling before King Henry II To hear the Audio please click on the link below: https://soundcloud.com/user-140188366/evensong-upon-the-feast-of-st-aelred-of-rievaulx Opening Anthem: Memento mei Paweł Łukaszewski (born 1968), Mark Dwyer, conductor Memento mei, Domine, dum veneris in regnum tuum. […]
Reflection for the Season of Epiphany (with particular reference to Giotto’s Scrovegni Frescoes)
To hear the audio please use this link: https://soundcloud.com/user-140188366/epiphanytide-reflection-with-music Organ voluntary: Toccata del secondo tono, (Anon.), played by Alessandro Bianchi, on the organ of the Basilica di S. Paolo Cantù, Como.. Anthem: For unto us a child is born, (The Messiah), Handel Reflection, part 1, Canon Alistair Macdonald-Radcliff The Shepherd’s Carol, Robert […]
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